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Major Vote Happening Today To Defend Life

June 12, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

LifeNews.com: “The full House Judiciary Committee will vote on Wednesday on a Congressional bill that would ban abortions nationwide at 20 weeks of pregnancy. Last week, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice voted on a party-line vote 6-4 for the bill, with Republicans supporting the ban on late-term abortions and Democrats opposing it…During the hearing, former abortion practitioner Anthony Levatino told members of the committee the gruesome details of his former abortion practice and how he became pro-life following the tragic automobile accident of his child. Another bombshell dropped during the hearing came from Dr. Maureen Condic, who is Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She testified that the unborn child is capable of reacting to pain as early as 8-10 weeks. This is when most abortions in America take place.” Click here for original article.

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Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.

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Members of Congress Sign Letter Supporting Romeike Family

May 30, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

A recent letter signed by 27 members of Congress and sent to Eric Holder says: “The Romeikes fled to our country, seeking relief from high fines, removal of their children by armed police officers, and threats of prison and termination of their parental rights. If forced to return to Germany, they will certainly face renewed persecution…As Americans, we have an obligation to stand with those who seek freedom. The Romeike family should find a welcoming home in the United States.”

It was the Obama administration, led by Eric Holder that said there is no fundamental right to home school for parents. We respectfully disagree and believe that the education of children is one of the most basic parental rights, and religious rights of every American. The alternative, if there is no fundamental right to home school, is that it is the sole responsibility of the government to educate children. This is patently false. We hope more members of Congress will sign this letter and that the Obama administration will rethink their position and affirm the religious rights of every parent to educate their children in a manner consistent with their religious beliefs. Click here for original article.

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Filed Under: Marriage Tagged With: children, Congress, educate, Eric Holder, home-school, letter, Obama, religious, right, Romeike, sign, student

Democrats in Congress Targeting Care Pregnancy Centers

May 23, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

TheHill.com: “Democrats in the House and Senate are looking to stop what they say are deceptive advertising practices by anti-abortion health clinics that imply they offer abortion services, but instead encourage birth and promote adoption. The legislation is aimed at crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), which are clinics often set up by a church or other anti-abortion groups. Democrats in Congress and other pro-abortion groups say these clinics are known to indicate they can perform abortions in order to attract pregnant women patients, and then try to convince them to carry their babies to term.”

As someone that has been involved with care pregnancy centers for a long time I can honestly say I’ve never even heard of one that claims to do abortions. Care pregnancy centers are pro-life groups that seek to stop abortion, not help facilitate them. These groups also disdain the deceptive practices of groups like Planned Parenthood and would not emulate them. They are often groups operated by churches or Christians that know lying is not right. So I’m not sure where members of Congress are getting their information, but this seems more like another attack on pro-life groups than legitimate legislation. Click here for original article.

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Filed Under: Life Tagged With: care pregnancy centers, Congress, democrats, Life, planned parenthood, targeting

Members of Congress View “3801 Lancaster” Film About Gosnell

April 24, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

Members of Congress watched the film that helped break the case about Kermit Gosnell in the absence of media coverage. The film, called “3801 Lancaster” details the shocking details of Gosnell’s abortion clinic now known as the House of Horrors. It seems the members of Congress and their staffers had a hard time watching the film as it showed graphic details. One article reports:

“Staffers from the offices of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Reps. Chris Smith, R-N.J., Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., watched the graphic documentary, ’3801 Lancaster,’ which detailed the squalid conditions of Gosnell’s clinic and showed graphic images of the babies who are believed to have died there. Several of the staffers winced or turned away from the screen when images were shown of babies Gosnell allegedly aborted by ‘snipping,’ a practice by which a baby’s spinal cord is severed with scissors.” We hope these members of Congress will now take action and demand an end to tax-payer funding for abortion, Planned Parenthood, and the HHS mandate in light of these details. Click here for original article.

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Filed Under: Life Tagged With: 3801 Lancaster, abortion, Congress, details, film, Gosnell, killed, Life, Obama, planned parenthood

Members of Congress Demand End to Military Briefing on “Religious Extremists”

April 23, 2013 By Nathan Cherry

A military briefing that calls Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Jews “religious extremists” in the same breath with Muslims and Al-Qaida is coming under fire from members of Congress. As one report noted: “Members of Congress have expressed astonishment that the U.S. Army Reserve would use a training brief that slams Catholics, evangelical Christians and others and are demanding the practice come to a halt – now. ‘Our nation needs to have an honest conversation about religious extremism and what we can do to avoid religious violence. However, labeling these major world religions as extremists is wrong and hurtful.’”

While it is sad that our military would use such material to smear Christians, Jews, and Catholics, it isn’t all that surprising. President Obama has put many people in places of leadership and, as the most anti-Christian (and religious freedom) president in U.S. history, it should come as no surprise that these people also oppose people of faith. While they make excuses for Islamic bombers and send money and military weaponry to the Muslim Brotherhood, they call American Christians “religious extremists.” Welcome to Obama’s America. Click here for original article.

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Filed Under: Religious Freedom Tagged With: Catholic, Christian, Congress, extremists, freedom, Jews, military, Obama, religious

Doubt the Importance of Judicial Appointments? Read This!

November 10, 2012 By Tom Stark

Gavel Early in the Obama administration, 2009 to be precise, the bill passed through Congress and was signed by the new President. It was called the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. It was controversial when it was passed and remains so as this little story will explain.

At the time it was being debated in Congress, a number of its members voiced concerns over the idea that this kind of law, worded as it was, amounted to criminalizing speech which is patently unconstitutional, but the progressives made their loud argument that such laws were necessary in order to protect minorities and members of groups like homosexuals who face violence solely because they are “different.”

First of all, the entire idea of “hate crimes” is as ridiculous as screen doors for submarines. Every act that constitutes the injury of one person by another is already on the state and federal books as a criminal act or a tort under civil laws. There are already remedies in place for anyone injured. The remedies are called criminal charges, civil rights violations if you are from an already protected class of citizens – although these laws are patently unconstitutional as well because, by their very nature, they treat one group of people one way and others another way. That is hardly “equal protection under the law.”

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Tom Stark began writing for the Engage Family Minute blog in February 2012. As a small business owner Tom is passionate about the intersection of faith and politics in the life of Christians and the community around him. Having been touched by both the abortion issue and the issue of homosexuality in his own family, Tom is passionate about defending the lives of the unborn and upholding Biblical Truth. Tom also writes for www.westvirginiaconservative.com

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Filed Under: Religious Freedom Tagged With: bigot, class, Congress, free, hate crimes, judges, judicial, Obama, people, president, protection, Speech

Another Striking Example of Just How Far We’ve Fallen

July 28, 2012 By Tom Stark

By Tom Stark, 07/28/2012

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Roll Call – “The Newspaper of Capitol Hill” reported on July 24^th that being openly homosexual as a candidate for Congress was no longer a significant obstacle or impediment to conducting a successful campaign or gaining election to office.

That’s about as good a statement of how far our society has fallen as any I have heard. While my article on Wednesday pointed out a number of examples of the steps we have taken on the slippery slope of acquiescence and apathy, this one was so glaring that it deserved special mention. It is so pervasive in our society today that the Roll Call article cited the following quote:

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Filed Under: Marriage Tagged With: bold, Congress, consent, defend, example, faith, fallen, homosexual, Marriage, pastors, same-sex, silence, speak

Congress Moving to Defund ObamaCare?

July 19, 2012 By Nathan Cherry

by Nathan A. Cherry, 07/19/2012

With the recent disappointing Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare other measures must be taken to remove, repeal, and replace this horrible bill. One way we can limit it’s impact until it can be repealed is through defunding it so it cannot be implemented. This week a House Appropriations Committee took the first step in doing just that. “Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee approved an appropriations bill for HHS that defunds Obamacare. Now we have 127 commitments, a majority of the GOP Conference, to hold them to their word and preclude the mistakes from last year. Last year, only 86 members opposed the omnibus. We would hope that the additional 41 members are serious about their commitment to vote against any omnibus that fails to defund Obamacare. Here is a breakdown of the members who signed the letter (download here). The full copy of the letter …” Take a look at who did and did not sign the letter. Sadly, not all of our representatives from WV signed on. With an election coming up this is a critical issue on which to get some answers. Click here for original article.

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Filed Under: Religious Freedom Tagged With: bill, Congress, defund, HHS, insurance, Obama, Obamacare, repeal

We Should Pattern Our Schools After Islamic Schools!

July 12, 2012 By Nathan Cherry

by Nathan A. Cherry, 07/12/2012

MHS At one time schools served a purpose, they educated students on fundamental academic skills needed to succeed in the world as an adult. Things like math, reading, writing, science and social studies were important and students were expected to learn before they were promoted to the next grade; where they were once again expected to learn. But in recent years schools seem more like a battleground and testing site for social issues than a place of academic learning.

I wish I had time and space to get into the science issue. But my discussion of Creation vs. Evolution would take up far more space than is amiable here. Suffice it to say that this issue has led to more religious freedom issues in public schools than many others. And while I would love to discuss the revisionist history being taught and the blatant omission of America’s religious founding and Godly heritage, again, space is limited.

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Filed Under: Religious Freedom Tagged With: abstinence, advocate, Congress, congressman, education, explicit, glsen, group, homosexual, Islamic, Koran, madrassas, Obama, schools, sex, study

Video: Planned Parenthood Approves Sex-Selective Abortion – Again!

June 26, 2012 By Nathan Cherry

by Nathan A. Cherry, 06/26/2012

Planned Parenthood Rear I wonder how many undercover videos of Planned Parenthood engaging in illegal activity have to be released before someone decides they should be investigated, charged as criminals, and defunded. Evidently the nearly dozen videos released thus far are not enough to get the job done. So here’s another one showing Planned Parenthood once again agreeing to do a sex-selective abortion. (Scroll down to see the video.)

Here is a brief synopsis of the newly released video by Live Action, according to LifeNews.com:

“In the new video, an abortion counselor ‘A Woman’s Choice of Raleigh, Inc,’ the NAF-affiliated clinic, refers a woman purportedly seeking a sex-selective abortion to an OB/GYN to confirm the gender of the baby with a diagnostic ultrasound. The counselor, ‘Jessica,’ assures that the abortion clinic will not have a conflict with performing a sex-selective procedure: ‘Your reasons are your reasons,’ she says, ‘You know, it’s totally fine.’…She also advises the woman to lie to her OB/GYN to cover her sex-selective abortion, counseling, ‘Just say that you had to go to the hospital and miscarried.’”

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